MIRPUR (AJK)-Jammu & Kashmir State is an inalienable entity and no power on earth could cause any harm to it through its division in any form, said Central Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples National Party (JKPNP) Zulfiqar Ahmed Raja.
Talking to journalists on Sunday, he said that durable, just and practicable solution to the lingering issue of Kashmir lies only in the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
He lamented over the recent reported statement of AJK’s former prime minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan over the division of Jammu & Kashmir on ethnic and religious grounds. The JK PNP chief said that the people of entire Jammu & Kashmir state would neither allow nor accept the disintegration of the Jammu & Kashmir state. He said freedom of the Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir and reunification of entire Jammu & Kashmir state is the ultimate destination of the people who are struggling for the achievement of their birth right to self-determination under the spirit of the international norms and commitments.
He observed that the politicians like the PM always focused on the achievement of their selfish motives by floating such unwarranted, unjustified and uncalled for ideas. He added that such politicians do not encourage the sincere endeavours of the people of the Jammu & Kashmir state for securing the legitimate right of self determination - for which they were struggling for the last 70 years. Zulfiqar Raja called for early peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue through tripartite talks among Pakistan, India and the people of Jammu & Kashmir.
He underlined that Jammu & Kashmir state consisting of five units of AJK, GB, occupied Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh regions, is inalienable entity and no power on earth could resort to any harm to the historical entity of the J & K state.
He called for early peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue in line with the aspirations of the people of the Jammu & Kashmir state without further loss of time. He said that people of Jammu & Kashmir from both sides of the LoC should be included in the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan, whenever the talks are resumed, to ensure early resolution of the decades-old dispute in line with the aspirations of the people of the state.
He urged the UN to fulfill its commitments for holding plebiscite in Jammu & Kashmir under the spirit of its historic resolutions for the early settlement of the Kashmir problem.
Expressing grave concern over the ongoing escalation on the Line of Control following the ongoing frequent unprovoked incidents of Indian firing from across the LoC, the DBA president observed that it seemed yet another attempt was being maneuvered to sabotage the Kashmiris’ wishes for the peaceful settlement of Kashmir conflict.
He pointed out that the unprovoked firing by the Indian troops had forced hundreds of inmates to shift to the safer places besides facing loss to their properties. He demanded the inclusion of the people of Jammu & Kashmir in the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan. He reiterated that the people of Jammu & Kashmir would continue their freedom struggle with full vigor till the achievement of the goal.
He warned that further delay in the settlement of the Kashmir conflict in line with the aspirations of the people of Jammu & Kashmir might aggravate the situation in the South Asian region. Kashmir, he said, is not a territorial dispute between the two countries - rather it involves the future of 10.6 million people of Jammu & Kashmir state.